 
        THIRD TERM VOCABULARY (2º ESO) SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 Accountant  contable ASAP  as soon as possible Bake (to)  hornear Balcony balcón Basque country  País Vasco Beanhaba Beef  carne de vaca Believers  creyente Bleed (to)  sangrar Blue-eyed man  un hombre de ojos azules Book (to)  reservar (a table / a hotel room) Brand marca (comercial) Brick  ladrillo Brunch  it’s a combination of lunch and breakfast Bullfighting  corrida de toros Bullfighter  torero Cathedral  catedral Cheek  mejilla Cheeky  carota Chewing gum  chicle Compliment  halago,cumplido i.e. I’ll take it as a compliment  me lo tomo como un cumplido Crowd  multitud Crowded  abarrotado, atiborrado de gente Delayed  retrasado Dust  polvo Dusty  polvoriento Embarrassed  avergonzada no embaraza PREGNANT  expecting a baby Employ (to)  emplear Enjoy oneself  pasárselo bien i.e. Did you enjoy yourself at the birthday party?  te lo pasaste bien en la fiesta de cumpleaños? Extended family  parientes lejanos Fashionable  de moda Find out (to)  descubrir Frame marco Front cover  portada Back cover  contraportada Gossip  cotilleo Gossip  cotilla Greenhouse  invernadero Hill  colina How boring!  qué aburrido Jinxed gafados Mª Dolores Rodríguez Calo (I.E.S. Allariz) Page 1 THIRD TERM VOCABULARY (2º ESO) SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 Knee  rodilla Kneel down (to) arrodillarse Latest  el más reciente Lend (to)  prestar Long-sleeved  de manga larga vs. short-sleeved Lung  pulmón Morning lark  alondra mañanera (ser una persona a la que le gusta levantarse temprano) Mountain range  cordillera Parade  desfile Peer  compañero Peer pressure  presión del grupo, presión de los iguales Pointed hats / pointy hats  sombreros terminados en punta Pope  cura Posh pijo Preach (to)  predicar Priest  cura Qualifications  an official paper showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills (habilidades) Recall (to)  to remember Rehearsal  ensayo Replace (to) reemplazar Room rate  tarifa de la habitación Rope cuerda / maroma Schedule  horario Short-sleeved  de manga corta Slippers zapatillas Smelly  maloliente Smog  smoke+ fog Soon  pronto Speech bubble  bocadillo Starving  hambriento, muerto de hambre Steel  acero Step  paso Step  peldaño, escalón Step by step  paso a paso Step(ped)  pisotear Strength(s)  fortaleza Teenager  adolescente Terrified  asustada Threat  amenaza Threaten (to)  amenazar Throughout  a lo largo y ancho de Tracksuit  chándal Tuxedo  esmoquin Unemployment  desempleo Unemployed  desempleado Upload (to)  subir algo a internet Warning  aviso Weakness(es)  debilidad(es) Weigh (to)  pesar Wheel  rueda Mª Dolores Rodríguez Calo (I.E.S. Allariz) Page 2 THIRD TERM VOCABULARY (2º ESO) SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 Wrist  muñeca (parte del cuerpo) vs. Doll (muñeca, a toy for young children that is like a fake baby) Yettodavía Demonstration  manifestación Threat  amenaza KU KLUX KLAN  an organization of white supremacists who committed violent acts against African-American people. United Kingdom is made of Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS I agree  estoy de acuerdo I disagree  no estoy de acuerdo That is a tough question!  es una pregunta difícil You are right  tienes razón Me neither  yo tampoco No pain, no gain  sin dolor no hay ganancia What size do you wear?  ¿qué talla usas? Mind the step  cuidado con el escalón Mind the head!  cuidado con la cabeza A picture is worth a thousand words  una imagen vale más que mil palabras Do you want both of them to match?  ¿Quieres que ambas combinen? Red suits you  el rojo te favorece They don’t suit me  no me quedan bien It suits me perfectly  me favorece, me queda bien These shoes don’t fit me they are too tight  estos zapatos no me quedan bien de talla, son muy apretados. VOCABULARY ON “FOOD”  Nuts  frutos secos  Health  salud  Fleshy  carnoso  Creamy  cremoso  Clove  diente de ajo  Stalk  tallo  Stone  piedra  Peep  semilla  Seed  semilla (calabaza, pipa)  Watermelon  sandía  Almond  almendra  Mint sauce  salsa de menta  Simnel cake  Simnel cake is a light fruit cake with two layers of almond paste or marzipan, one in the middle and one on top, that is toasted, and eaten during the Easter period in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and some other countries. FOOD SAYINGS  Go bananas  volverse loco i.e. He went bananas  Go nuts  volverse loco  One apple a day keeps the doctor away  una manzana al día aleja al doctor Mª Dolores Rodríguez Calo (I.E.S. Allariz) Page 3 THIRD TERM VOCABULARY (2º ESO) SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 ACRONYMS (INTERNET) ASAP  as soon as posible LOL  laughing out loud IDK  I don’t know BRB  I’ll be right back VERBS + PREPOSITIONS               run OUT OF  quedarse sin algo, agotar Play a prank/ trick ON sb  gastarle una broma a alguien Temperaturas BELOW zero  temperaturas bajo cero I’ll pop IN to see you  me pasaré / me acercaré Play a prank ON sb  gastarle una broma a alguien Fight AGAINST  luchar contra Fight OVER (some food)  luchar por la comida Laugh AT  reírse de Laugh WITH  reírse con ON the right / on the left  a la derecha y a la izquierda Go ON a school trip / go ON a business trip  ir a una excursión del cole o en un viaje de negocios. Find OUT  descubrir Stare AT  mirar fijamente a i.e. Don't stare at people like that, it's rude. Instead OF  en lugar de i.e. You can go instead of me, if you want. Push (empujar) Sell (vender) Huge (enorme) Western (occidental) Polite (educado) Hard-working (trabajador) Baggy (flojos) Open-minded (abierto de mente, tolerante) Alive / living (vivo) Fold (doblar) Smiling (sonriente) (work) part –time (a tiempo parcial) Throw up Award Recall Mª Dolores Rodríguez Calo (I.E.S. Allariz) ANTONYMS Pull (tirar) Buy (comprar) Tiny (enano) Eastern (oriental) Rude (maleducado, grosero) Lazy (vago) Tight (apretado) Narrow-minded (de mente estrecha, cerrado) Dead (muerto) Unfold (desdoblar) Unsmiling (serio, sin sonreír) (work) full-time trabajar a tiempo completo SYNONYMS Vomit (vomitar) Prize (premio) remember Page 4 THIRD TERM VOCABULARY (2º ESO) SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 EASILY CONFUSED WORDS Receipt  (recibo) a piece of paper that proves that Ticket  (entrada) a small piece of paper or card given money, goods, or information have been received part of a meal to someone, usually to show that they have paid for an event, journey, or activity: a concert ticket a train/bus/plane ticket Plate  (plato) a flat, usually round dish that you eat from or serve food from. Teacher  someone whose job is to teach in a school Professor  (profesor universitario) a teacher of the Dish (plato) food prepared in a particular way as highest rank in a department of a British university, or a teacher of high rank in an American university. Trip  a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again: Voyage  a long journey, especially by ship AMERICAN ENGLISH Bill (billete) Check (cuenta en un restaurante) Truck (a large road vehicle that is used for transporting BRITISH ENGLISH Note (billete) Bill (cuenta, en un restaurante) Lorry (camión) large amounts of goods) Fall (the season after summer and before winter, when fruits and crops become ready to eat and the leaves fall off the trees) Autumn (otoño) Mall Gas Vest (chaleco) Shopping centre Petrol station (estación de servicio) Waistcoat (chaleco) In British English a VEST is underwear. PRONUNCIATION /t/ /d/ Pushed Stepped Finished walked /ɪ/ Spinach Written Busy Lettuce Cabbage /ɛə/ Pear Pair /eɪ/ available /ɪd/ Arrived Stayed Played Earned Died /ɑɪ/ Title Fine Nice Writing Nigeria Kind Mª Dolores Rodríguez Calo (I.E.S. Allariz) Invited Visited Invented /ɜː/ Sir Girl First /ɔː/ Tall Small Wall /ʌ/ Truck tuxedo /s/ City cinema /k/ Chemistry Cucumber Characters Page 5
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